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    Dems prep for major fight over Trump USDA science pick

    President Trump’s pick to be the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) chief scientist is on track to face one of the rougher confirmation battles of the administration.
    Democrats are girding for an all-out battle against Sam Clovis’s nomination to be USDA’s under secretary for research, education and economics, a position that would see him overseeing billions of dollars in research spending and serving as a cross-departmental science czar.



    Clovis, a close Trump ally from Iowa who served as a key campaign adviser on rural and agricultural issues, has set off Democrats’ alarms for a number of reasons.Clovis has been criticized for lacking scientific credentials, and he disagrees with the scientific consensus on climate change. Further complicating Clovis’s confirmation process, CNN uncovered a number of objectionable statements he has made on topics like race and politics.
    Clovis, an Air Force veteran, former economics professor and former radio host, once wrote that former President Obama was being “given a pass because he is Black,” called former Attorney General Eric Holder a “racist black,” declared that homosexuality is a choice, and called progressives both “race traitors” and “race traders,” CNN reported.

    More at: http://thehill.com/policy/energy-env...a-science-pick
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    a number of objectionable statements he has made on topics like race and politics.
    None of which seem to actually be racist.
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    Quote Originally Posted by dannno View Post
    None of which seem to actually be racist.
    You have forgotten that he is white?

    Tread carefully comrade, there is room in the gulag for at least one more if you continue this kind of crimethink.
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    Is he a Monsanto honcho? If not he is better qualified that Obama's choice.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Swordsmyth View Post
    Democrats are girding for an all-out battle against Sam Clovis’s nomination to be USDA’s under secretary for research, education and economics, a position that would see him overseeing billions of dollars in research spending and serving as a cross-departmental science czar.
    I never knew a USDA chief scientist pick could be so exciting ! Best President EVER
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